Kisah Para Rasul 15:2

15:2 When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate ¹  with them, the church ²  appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with ³  the apostles and elders in Jerusalem ⁴  about this point of disagreement. ⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 15:4

15:4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received ⁶  by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported ⁷  all the things God had done with them. ⁸ 

Kisah Para Rasul 15:6

15:6 Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate ⁹  about this matter.

Kisah Para Rasul 15:22-23

15:22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided ¹⁰  to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, ¹¹  leaders among the brothers, to Antioch ¹²  with Paul and Barnabas. 15:23 They sent this letter with them: ¹³ 

From the apostles ¹⁴  and elders, your brothers, ¹⁵  to the Gentile brothers and sisters ¹⁶  in Antioch, ¹⁷  Syria, ¹⁸  and Cilicia, greetings!

[15:2]  ¹ tn Grk “no little argument and debate” (an idiom).

[15:2]  ² tn Grk “they”; the referent (the church, or the rest of the believers at Antioch) has been specified to avoid confusion with the Judaizers mentioned in the preceding clause.

[15:2]  ³ tn Grk “go up to,” but in this context a meeting is implied.

[15:2]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:2]  ⁵ tn Or “point of controversy.” It is unclear whether this event parallels Gal 2:1-10 or that Gal 2 fits with Acts 11:30. More than likely Gal 2:1-10 is to be related to Acts 11:30.

[15:4]  ⁶ tn BDAG 761 s.v. παραδέχομαι 2 has “receive, accept” for the meaning here.

[15:4]  ⁷ tn Or “announced.”

[15:4]  ⁸ tn “They reported all the things God had done with them” – an identical phrase occurs in Acts 14:27. God is always the agent.

[15:6]  ⁹ tn The translation for ἰδεῖν (idein) in this verse is given by BDAG 279-80 s.v. εἶδον 3 as “deliberate concerning this matter.” A contemporary idiom would be to “look into” a matter.

[15:22]  ¹⁰ tn BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.b.β lists this verse under the meaning “it seems best to me, I decide, I resolve.”

[15:22]  ¹¹ sn Silas. See 2 Cor 1:19; 1 Thess 1:1; 2 Thess 1:1 (= Silvanus).

[15:22]  ¹² sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).

[15:22]  map For location see JP1 F2; JP2 F2; JP3 F2; JP4 F2.

[15:23]  ¹³ tn Grk “writing by their hand” (an idiom for sending a letter).

[15:23]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “The apostles.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[15:23]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “brothers,” but “your” is supplied to specify the relationship, since without it “brothers” could be understood as vocative in English.

[15:23]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “to the brothers who are from the Gentiles.”

[15:23]  ¹⁷ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).

[15:23]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “and Syria,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.